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...special-operations forces were indeed on the ground in Afghanistan, more than 100 Rangers on a raid to hunt down Taliban leaders and demonstrate that there would be nothing sterile or safe about this war. The night we suffered those first casualties overseas--two confirmed dead in a helicopter crash--brought a sleepless end to a restless week. Day by day, people wrestled with a rising fear that a threshold had been crossed, that we had entered a world where Congress is evacuated and lawmakers discuss the use of tactical nuclear weapons and the tanks roll into Bethlehem and healthy...
...that gives household members their own passworded access to different versions of the same computer's desktop, and the new system delivers souped-up handling of photos, music and videos. But XP's main advantage over older Windows versions is improved reliability, some of it achieved by ditching the crash-prone Windows 95 and 98 code. "It's like an iceberg," says Mark Specker, an analyst at Soundview Technology Group. "All of its biggest improvements are below the surface...
With so many U.S. companies seeking Chapter 11 protection, their overseas subsidiaries are getting a crash course in American bankruptcy laws. Whereas bankruptcy in most countries means a company must liquidate its assets, U.S. laws allow the company to continue to operate. But in this age of instant communication, companies sometimes have a problem getting the right message to their employees--and customers and suppliers--abroad. Employees "hear about a filing being made and think, 'Oh, my God, I'll lose my job,'" says Michael Sitrick, CEO of Sitrick & Co., a communications firm that specializes in crisis management. "You have...
...people in the plane crashes probably were sweating," said Marisa Belpedio, a ponytailed nine-year-old, gasping for breath. "In the Twin Towers, people were sweating because of the fire. When I'm running, I feel I'm sweating...like I was there with them. That makes me feel better because sometimes I dream that I was in there and I helped the other people before I helped myself." Alexis Momney, a dark-eyed 10-year-old, also found the exercise cathartic. "When I look on TV, all I see is plane crashes and stuff, and I'm scared that...
...seeks to put before voters a ballot initiative in November 2002 that would replace the current bilingual program with a one-year immersion crash course for students who do not speak English. Currently, if there are at least 20 students of limited English proficiency who reside in a Massachusetts school district, that district must provide a three-year program that brings those students to competency in English. At the same time, it must provide additional native language instruction in other subjects, such as math and science, so that students do not fall behind their peers in learning course content...